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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say militants attacked a regional police headquarters and an army post in a former Taliban stronghold in Pakistan’s northwest, triggering shootouts that killed two police officers and three insurgents. Friday’s attack in the town of Tank in Dera Ismail Khan came three days after

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in putting small satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite on Friday from the space company’s complex on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The mission, named “The Moon God Awakens,” was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed due to forecast strong winds. The Electron rocket

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani opened his first news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers by dodging questions about whether he had a second Tommy John surgery. “At the time of the announcement, we didn’t know which way we were going to go. That’s why I never said

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Belgian tourist was killed in an attack by either a shark or a crocodile at a Mexican Pacific coast resort. The civil defense office in the southern state of Guerrero says a man and a woman were bitten in the legs by an unidentified animal. The man was reported dead

By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country. The aid was vetoed by Hungarian Prime

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine got a green light Thursday to start sped-up talks on joining the European Union. That’s a big boost for war-ravaged Ukraine and a loud message to Vladimir Putin — but it could be years before the country actually becomes a member of the EU. Here’s a

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has unveiled a budget plan that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend of about $3,400 next year and use savings to plug an estimated $990 million deficit. The proposal does not include an increase in the per-student K-12 school funding formula,

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of five activists based overseas, whom it accuses of breaching a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing. Arrest warrants and the bounties of $128,000 each were issued for three activists and two hosts

By BERT WILKINSON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela have promised in a tense meeting that neither side will use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — King Charles III has paid a light-hearted tribute to the late Barry Humphries, who was remembered at a state memorial service in Australia. The monarch recalled his own apprehension when the comedian’s alter ego, Dame Edna Everage, played a prank on him a decade ago. Video

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The captains of a boat that capsized off the California coast last year while smuggling migrants out of Mexico, killing three people, were sentenced Thursday to federal prison. Jorge Armando Preciado-Vasquez, 30, and Alexis Martinez-Preciado, 20, were given more than 4 years each in prison, according to a statement from the

By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have failed to agree on a €50 billion ($55 billion) aid package for Ukraine and on the renegotiation of the EU budget, EU Council President Charles Michel said Thursday. The financial package could not be endorsed by all 27 leaders, who